Friday, December 23, 2016

The First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), which was introduced with some controversy in 2015, is getting a second wind thanks to Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT). The two conservatives plan to reintroduce the bill now that the GOP is in control of the White House and all houses of Congress. The bill, according to its description on the Congress website, would prohibit the government from taking "discriminatory action against a person on the basis that such person believes or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that: (1) marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or (2) sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage."